Their Eyes Were Watching God — Who Gets to Define a Life?
What if the life that looks safest from the outside leaves the least room to become yourself?
Welcome to Crisis in Perception, where we examine the systems shaping our world.
Using Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston as our lens, this investigation explores Janie Crawford's search for autonomy within systems of family history, marriage, gender expectations, community judgment, economic security, and intimate power.
Nanny's belief in marriage and property as protection emerges from slavery, racial and sexual violence, and profound insecurity. Joe Starks offers Janie status and…
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